Communities across the region have a unique opportunity to hail those special heroes, who in the darkest moments of the Covid-19 crisis, shone brightest.
Organisers of the annual Cayman Islands Healthcare Conference have announced that the popular event will happen this year but on a smaller scale due to the restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since Governor Martyn Roper has not responded to my letter of the 6th August 2020 requesting a copy of the FCO’s instructions to him I am writing to you in the hope that you will provide same, as well as the rationale for such a decision, in the interest of good governance, transparency....
Most doctors get their medical degrees and leave it at that. Not Dr. Delroy Jefferson, medical director of the Health Services Authority. It seems, for him, there is no such thing as too many letters after your name.
As of Monday 10th August, the RCIPS has commenced the 2020 RCIPS Bi-annual Internship Programme which once again sees several interns being placed based on their academic interests in various operational and support services roles across the RCIPS and Cayman Islands Coastguard.
Cayman has now surpassed 32,000 COVID-19 tests. The Chief Medical Officer, Dr John Lee, reported on Friday that an additional 256 COVID-19 tests have been carried out since it the last batch on Thursday.
In its latest set of grant awards, R3 Cayman Foundation is pleased to announce grants totalling more than CI$190,000 to several local non-profit organisations with programmes in the areas of food relief, education and reskilling, mental health and the environment.
Local students Erin Shaughness of Cayman International High School (CIS) and Jaiden Gilbert of St. Ignatius High School have earned the prestigious title of Dart Scholar for their exceptional academic and extracurricular achievements.
The Ombudsman office have advised that recently a member of the public discovered a significant number of abandoned documents at the George Town landfill, some containing sensitive personal information.
With preparations underway for the reopening of schools, all staff in government schools and the Department of Education Services(DES) will be required to undergo to COVID-19 testing as an added precautionary measure.